Sara Binzer Hobolt, FBA (born 1977) is a Danish political scientist, who specialises in European politics and electoral behaviour. She holds the Sutherland Chair in European Institutions at the London School of Economics and Political Science.^[1][2]

Hobolt was born in 1977.^[3] She graduated with a first class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in economics, politics and public policy in 2001.^[4] She undertook postgraduate studies in political science at the University of Cambridge, graduating with a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in 2002 and completing her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2005.^[3][4] Her doctoral thesis was titled "Europe in question: the role of political information in referendums on European integration".^[5] While at Cambridge, she was a member of St John's College.^[6]

Hobolt began her academic career at the University of Oxford. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford from 2005 to 2006, and a fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford from 2006 to 2011. She was additionally a lecturer in comparative European politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations between 2006 and 2011.^[4] In 2009, she became an associated member of Nuffield College, Oxford, and an honorary professor in political science at the University of Southern Denmark.^[4][7] Since 2012, she has held the Sutherland Chair in European Institutions at the London School of Economics.^[4][8]

In July 2017, Hobolt was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.^[9]

In 2011, Hobolt was awarded the EUSA "Award for Best Book Published in 2009 or 2010" for her book Europe in Question: Referendums on European Integration.^[10] In 2012, she was awarded the Nils Klim Prize;^[3] this prize is awarded "to Nordic scholars under the age of 35, for outstanding contributions within the arts and humanities, social sciences, law or theology".^[11]

• Sara B. Hobolt (2009). Europe in Question: Referendums on European Integration. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-954994-8.
• Sara B. Hobolt; James Tilley (2014). Blaming Europe?: Responsibility Without Accountability in the European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-966568-6.
• Olaf Cramme; Sara B. Hobolt, eds. (2015). Democratic Politics in a European Union Under Stress. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-872448-3.
• de Vries, Catherine E.; Hobolt, Sara (2020). Political Entrepreneurs: The Rise of Challenger Parties in Europe. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691194752.